Tired of using App2SD all the time. I read I can increase internal memory with LINK2SD however I have some concerns especially about SD card degradation, phone performance et al. Are my concerns justified or I'm just being a luddite?
Also is it true that this app only works with unlocked bootloaders?
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Link 2 SD needs root mainly so no need for unlocked bl
And I've not come across any SD card degradation issue ....atleast not for me until now
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Ghostfreak NB said:
Link 2 SD needs root mainly so no need for unlocked bl
And I've not come across any SD card degradation issue ....atleast not for me until now
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Will Nandroid backup work with this tool as there is a new partition involved?
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As far as I'm concerned... in order to use this app you need to partition your SD Card. It doesn't have any negative effects on its life as long as you only partition it in FAT32/Ext2/3/4. But if you also make a Swap partition to increase your device's RAM, the part of the SD Card storing this partition will end up degrading its capacity. If you format the SD Card again and make only one partition in FAT32, there will be some memory that will be corrupted because of the Swap usage and, therefore, will be unusable, decreasing the capacity of the SD Card.
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As far as I'm concerned... in order to use this app you need to partition your SD Card. It doesn't have any negative effects on its life as long as you only partition it in FAT32/Ext2/3/4. But if you also make a Swap partition to increase your device's RAM, the part of the SD Card storing this partition will end up degrading its capacity. If you format the SD Card again and make only one partition in FAT32, there will be some memory that will be corrupted because of the Swap usage and, therefore, will be unusable, decreasing the capacity of the SD Card.
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I don't intend on enabling SWAP as I know it degrades the SD CARD.
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As far as I'm concerned... in order to use this app you need to partition your SD Card. .
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No, you need not partition your SD card for using this app as such...!
I don't partition my SD card...
But yea as you told Swap decreases SD card life...
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No, you need not partition your SD card for using this app as such...!
I don't partition my SD card...
But yea as you told Swap decreases SD card life...
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How do I set up my SD Card without partitioning it? A noob guide will be greatly appreciated
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what is sd partition?is it advisable to make one?what are its benefits?what is the probable risk of doing such?
any opinion or suggestion would be appreciated. thank you all!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900905
Thanks for the link.....
I have one question regarding SD card that I have got class 2 sd card and I want to flash custom rom.Can I do it with class 2 card. Also,if it is possible,what kind of partition shall I create.
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ramneet said:
Thanks for the link.....
I have one question regarding SD card that I have got class 2 sd card and I want to flash custom rom.Can I do it with class 2 card. Also,if it is possible,what kind of partition shall I create.
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If the ROM requires an ext partition, I would strongly suggest getting a Class 4 or better SD card. For what kind of partition, read the instructions for the particular ROM regarding filesystem/size.
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Ok..can u pls tell me which custom rom supports class 2 sd card...and which one doesnt need partition of sd card
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ramneet said:
Thanks again..
Ok..can u pls tell me which custom rom supports class 2 sd card...and which one doesnt need partition of sd card
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This is not a matter of ROM. Class 2 is simply too slow, I would not suggest using with any custom ROM that relies on sd-ext partition. Best case will cause the phone to be slow.
CM7 ......i m using it on class 2 sd card .....
Partition Sdcard:
Partition SD: Partition's sdcard for apps2sd (this formats card so all non backed-up data is lost)
- will create ext2 partition (you will be asked for size of ext2 and cache)
just to clarify things,.the backups made through nandroid will not be erased if i partitioned sd card?
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Partition Sdcard:
just to clarify things,.the backups made through nandroid will not be erased if i partitioned sd card?
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If you partition your SD card all data that was there before will be GONE. (Already written pretty explicitely in the text you quoted.)
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What is the use if partition
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its use for moving apps to sd ......... it also increases quaddrant score...... and u get space for apps on phone memory
Does anyone know how to swap the internal storage with the sd card? The fstab looks funky.
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Does anyone know how to swap the internal storage with the sd card? The fstab looks funky.
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what do you mean by swap the internal storage with the external? dont you just normally use both internal and external together?
FOr what reasons? For apps to be moved/installed in the external SD?
Answer is at the moment Apps2SD doesn't work YET in s3
No. I mean to literally swap their mount directories. I've done this before on my Note. I edited my vold.fstab and with a little help got my internal storage mounted to /sdcard/ExternalSD and my 64GB SD card mounted to /sdcard. That's what I want to do here.
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Anyone?
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For what reasons do you want to do this?
Look in siyah kernel thread.he changed the vold.fstab mounted in adb.ask him about the swap.
zodiaxe66 said:
Look in siyah kernel thread.he changed the vold.fstab mounted in adb.ask him about the swap.
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Thank you so much. And to answer the questions, I want to do this so my internal storage can be as big as the SD card I'm using. For example, I have the storage swapped on my n7000 so my 64GB SD card is read as internal storage and my 16GB internal storage is read as an external SD card.
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For what reasons do you want to do this?
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I would like to do the same. i have done this switch on my note and it works flawlessly. I want to do this because I am a hardcore gamer and 16gb is nowhere near enough space to store all my game data, but my 64gb sd card is.
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Thank you so much. And to answer the questions, I want to do this so my internal storage can be as big as the SD card I'm using. For example, I have the storage swapped on my n7000 so my 64GB SD card is read as internal storage and my 16GB internal storage is read as an external SD card.
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Never thought of it that way hehe. But I have a question about the setup: Have you ever had issues where your SD card randomly unmounted itself? If so, what happened to the system? Were you still able to run it or did it freeze or anything else?
Thanks
Not even once and I have had it set this way on my note for months through several different roms
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The internal SDcard is not a real partition but a userspace mount (fuser)
It's configured in the file /init.smdk4x12.rc with the exact definition:
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service sdcard /system/bin/sdcard /data/media 1023 1023
I don't see the daemon getting any kind of configuration as to the target directory. Either it's hardcoded or it uses /system/etc/vold.conf definition volume_sdcard the mount_point value.
You can't use Easy UMS anymore though since it will unmount the external SD.
Just using the APK Directory Bind will work fine though to simulate folders on the external SDcard as being on the internal one.
You can swap over the Internal SD with your external SD so you could have a 64GB phone with a 16GB ext card (assuming your phone is a 16GB one) - take a look at ExtSd2InternalSd v4|Increase your data storage
Hi,
As u can see in the title, I own a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 I8160L.
It has 4gb internal storage but only about 1.1gb user available. Most of the more exciting games have data that are 1.5gb and more.
Is there a way to install these games and have the sd data go to my external micro sd card and not the internal 1.1gb 'sd card'?
Thanks in advance, Nate
Are you root? Because you could try Directory Bind
Im not rooted as yet. And im not familiar with directory bind. Will look it up tho.
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Is there any root free solution tho? I will root but only as a laat resort
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Yeah, I am also looking for some root free method to swap sd card and external card in my galaxy ace 2.
I dont really know why in samsung phones our external sd card is nt treated as an sd card.
I had htc one v prior to this phone and atleast one good thing abt that phone was it would move apps to external sd card not to internal storage like samsung phones.
Now with this phone (galaxy ace 2), external sd card size is quite irrelevant for apps, coz this phone counts the internal usb storage which is only 1GB as sd card.
Anyways if u find any root free method to swap storage, plz post it here too.
Thanks.
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you must root your phone then you could use the lidroid or GL2SD move game data to your SDCARD
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copynintendo said:
you must root your phone then you could use the lidroid or GL2SD move game data to your SDCARD
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Thanks for your response.
But I donot want to root my phone :-$
I am not expert at it, so dont want to take the risk. Plus this phone has a little community, so in case if something goes wrong with rooting, it might become difficult to find help...
I think I wld have to bear this storage issue. :-S
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I found a way to get the apps to install directly to the ext sd card. But the games sd data still go to the internal storage unfortunately. Il post a link in a bit
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Nate8 said:
I found a ways to get the apps to install directly to the ext sd cadd. But the games sd date still go to the internal storage unfortunately. Il post a link in a bit
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Great. And yes plz post the link here... Will be helpful for others.
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Great. And yes plz post the link here... Will be helpful for others.
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http://www.howtogeek.com/114667/how...y-default-move-almost-any-app-to-the-sd-card/
here you go^^
I think rooting is my only solution to get sd data to work from my sd card. But im not sure my model is root-able. I have the I8160L, can't even find the original firmware online
Nate8 said:
http://www.howtogeek.com/114667/how...y-default-move-almost-any-app-to-the-sd-card/
here you go^^
I think rooting is my only solution to get sd data to work from my sd card. But im not sure my model is root-able. I have the I8160L, can't even find the original firmware online
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Thanks for the link.
Did u try it? Does it move the app to external card? Or to the usb/internal storage?
And i think (not sure) as far as app data is concerned, it does not take too much of storage, so it shd not be an issue.
And i m not an expert in rooting, so i think i wont go for it. But lets see.
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Yea it works for most apps. And if not. When u move them to the sd card thru the app manager they move to the external storage. This doesn't apply to system apps or the large sd data files that accompany those huge games that need additional data.
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Okay right.
Actually the problem is when we go to settings-apps-sd card, it shows the usb/internal storage there, not the actual external sd card. So when i move any app to sd card (which is moveable), it is moves to the internal usb storage (which the phone considers as sd card storage).
But i ll give this trick a try.
And one last thing how did u confirm it that with this trick, apps are now being moved to external storage and not to the internal usb storage?
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Checked the storage before and after moving apps. And also i took my sd card out. Put it in a card reader and found the apps in a folder on the micro sd card called android secure
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Checked the storage before and after moving apps. And also i took my sd card out. Put it in a card reader and found the apps in a folder on the micro sd card called android secure
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Ok...
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but we cant move the game data to external sd because it doesnt fit on our internal in the firstplace
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haarithio said:
but we cant move the game data to external sd because it doesnt fit on our internal in the firstplace
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Solution to this is rooting, and using directory bind. I currently have asphalt 7(1.4gb) Real racing 2, Dead Space, Shadow Gun etc installed and running fine from my external sd card
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Jellycream rom will sort that out, it swaps the vold file and you will be able to download bigger files.
can i?
can i play games form external sd card like games 1.8 and .15 gb ?
Nice
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What happens by partitioning SD card.
What us it exactly
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All medium-low android phones have the limited internal storage. If you will install many apllications on your android phones, your internal storage maybe will decrease and affected the phone performace. So, you need to install your applications on your external storage/SD Card. That's why there is a partition of the SD Card. This method allows you to sacrifice a part of the memory of the SD card to install applications on the partition created, and save internal memory
Partition=split
So partitioning the SD card is splitting the SD card
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gagdude said:
Partition=split
So partitioning the SD card is splitting the SD card
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Hahaha I have a dictionary man
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It basically as other said means dividin ur sd card. What's it's use u say?
I hav a Xperia Neo V and Pro along with 5 other SE phones. But unlike my Sola the older Neo V has only 400 Mb for apps of which only 250 mb is available after bloatware crap. So i partion my SD card and install "Link2SD" and BAM!! i now moved all appd to SD by that i mean fully moved not just the move to SD card option in ur Manage applications menu. I now hav 343Mb free for apps after having 62 apps installed.
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Hahaha I have a dictionary man
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how to create a partition for the micro SD using cwm.?
boot into cwm then click advanced then click partition sd card and you can partition an ext and swap partition
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pikakai said:
boot into cwm then click advanced then click partition sd card and you can partition an ext and swap partition
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I use a sd card 4gb,.
how the capacity for ext and swap.?
Making partitions on SD card will delete everything from SD card,so make a backup of SD on your PC,then delete everything from SD card and make partition. I did like this
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I use a sd card 4gb,.
how the capacity for ext and swap.?
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EXT size doesn't matter, put the space necessary to fit your needs. If you doesn't wish to use SWAP (or if you doesn't know what's that), set the SWAP size to 0.
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Making partitions on SD card will delete everything from SD card,so make a backup of SD on your PC,then delete everything from SD card and make partition. I did like this
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My advice to you would be to use minitool wizard to partition your sdcard.
But however or whatever way you choose to partition your sdcard remember to make a copy of your sdcard contents in a folder on your PC.
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Thanks for asking the question..
I had the same question
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EXT size doesn't matter, put the space necessary to fit your needs. If you doesn't wish to use SWAP (or if you doesn't know what's that), set the SWAP size to 0.
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ok, i'm understand.
thank's..
sandroidnz01 said:
My advice to you would be to use minitool wizard to partition your sdcard.
But however or whatever way you choose to partition your sdcard remember to make a copy of your sdcard contents in a folder on your PC.
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oke, i will be try that,,
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Thanks for asking the question..
I had the same question
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ok, your welcome..